Bill Text: CA SB1369 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Pupil mental health: emergency services.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-12 - Referral to Com. on HEALTH rescinded due to the shortened 2020 Legislative Calendar. [SB1369 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB1369-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1369
| Introduced by Senator Wilk |
February 21, 2020 |
An act to add Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 49435) to Chapter 9 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1369, as introduced, Wilk.
Pupil mental health: emergency services.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work.
This bill would establish within the State Department of Education the Emergency Program for Pupil Mental Health. The bill, subject to an appropriation by the Legislature, would require the department to establish and operate a grant program to provide funding to local educational agencies to provide mental health services following a qualifying event, either natural or manmade, that is likely to cause sustained and ongoing pupil trauma, as provided. The bill would specify that qualifying events include, among others, an act of school violence on a school campus. The bill would establish criteria for grant
eligibility.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Article 2.7 (commencing with Section 49435) is added to Chapter 9 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read:Article 2.7. Mental Health
49435.
(a) The Emergency Program for Pupil Mental Health is hereby established within the department.(b) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature, funds may be used to provide mental health services following a qualifying event, either natural or manmade, that is likely to cause sustained and ongoing pupil trauma. Qualifying events include, but are not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) An act of school violence on a school campus.
(2) A fire.
(3) A flood.
(4) An earthquake.
(5) An epidemic.
(6) An order of a military officer of the United States or of this state to meet an emergency created by war, or of a civil officer of the United States, of this state, or of a county, city and county, or city authorized to issue that order to meet an emergency created by war.
(7) Other extraordinary conditions.
(c) Funds shall be provided pursuant to subdivision (b) through a grant program that the department shall establish and operate. The grant deliverables and scoring rubric shall be developed in collaboration with input from key stakeholders, including pupil personnel services credentialholders, experts in childhood trauma, and representatives from a geographically diverse group of local educational agencies.
(d) A local educational agency may apply for a grant if at any point during the school year when school is in session, an event occurred on a schoolsite or near enough to a schoolsite to have a direct or indirect impact on pupils. These events may include, but are not limited to, those listed in subdivision (b) and school evacuations related to those events.
(e) A local educational agency may apply for a grant within six months after the commencement of the qualifying event. Funding may be encumbered for no more than two years after receiving funds.
(f) For purposes of this section, “mental health services” includes, but is not limited to, both of the following:
(1) Accessing additional school counselors or other staff with a pupil personnel services
credential on either an ongoing or limited-term basis.
(2) Professional development for existing school staff to be able to provide trauma-informed care and instruction.
(g) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
